Preparing a Works Cited Page
(Examples)
Books
A book with one author
Author. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
Example: Carr, Albert. Men of Power. New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
A book with two authors
Authors. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
Example: Puckett, John R. and Edwin J. Bengston. Complete Gymnastics
Handbook. West Nyack: Parker Publishing Company, 1979.
A book with more than two authors
Author, et al. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
Example: Johnson, Curt, et al. Civil War Battles. New York: Crown Publishers,
1977.
A book with one editor, but no author
Editor, ed. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
Example: Cassidy, James, ed. Book of North American Birds. Pleasantville:
Reader’s Digest Association, 1990.
A poem, short story, essay, or chapter from a book that is a collection of several authors’ works
Author. "Title of selection." Title of book. Ed. Editor of book. Place of publication:
Publisher, Year of Publication. Pages.
Example: Nash, Ogden. "The Turtle." Immortal Poems of the English Language.
Ed. Oscar Williams. New York: Pocket Press, 1972. 571.
A poem, short story, essay, or a chapter from a collection of works by one author
Author. "Title." Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication, pages.
Example: Sandburg, Carl. "Two Neighbors." Selected Poems. New York: Gramercy Books, 1992. 62.
Encyclopdia Articles (Print)
An encyclopedia article (with no author)
"Article title." Encyclopedia title. Edition.
Example: "North Pole." Encyclopedia Americana. 2001 ed.
An encyclopedia article (with an author)
Author. "Article title." Encyclopedia title. Edition.
Example: Danbom, David. "North Dakota." Encyclopedia Americana. 2001 ed.
Magazine and Newspaper Articles
An article from a print magazine
Author. "Title of article." Title of magazine. Date. Pages.
Example: Alter, Jonathan. "Citizen Clinton Up Close." Newsweek.
8 April 2002. 34-42.
A newspaper article
Author. "Article title." Newspaper title. Date, section: page.
Example: Dahl, Dave. "Legislature Approves Chargeback Change."
Observer. 25 April 2002, sec A: 1.
Interviews
A personal interview
Person interviewed. Position. Personal Interview. Date.
Example: Bledsoe, Drew. Professional athlete. Personal interview.
15 April 2002.
Nonprint Resources
CD-ROM
Author. "Title of article." Title of CD. Edition. CD-ROM. Publisher, Date.
Example: Jones, Joseph. "Dolphins." Encarta Encyclopedia. CD-ROM,
Microsoft, 1998.
DVD
Title. Director. Performers.
Date of theatrical release. DVD. Publisher, Date of DVD release.
Example: Saving Private Ryan. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Per. Tom Hanks, Edward
Burns, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore.
1998. DVD. DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 1999.
Videocassette
Title. Director. Performers.
Date of theatrical release.Videocassette. Publisher, Date of DVD release.
Example: Saving Private Ryan. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Per. Tom Hanks, Edward
Burns, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore.
1998. Videocassette. DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 1999.
Internet Resources
Internet Web Site maintained by a university of professional organization
Title. Date created. Organization. Date accessed. URL
Example: Supernovas. May 2000. American Institute of Astronomy. 13 May
2002. <http://www.aia.org/supernovas/>.
Article from an online magazine, newspaper, or journal.
Author. "Article title." Journal title. Date accessed. Date published.
Example: Smith, Amanda. "Climbing Everest." Outdoors. 13 May 2002. 21 June
2000.
Personal Web Page
Author. Home page. Date published. URL.
Example: McCrae, Augustus. Home page. 14 Dec 1999.
<http://www.lonesomedove.localnet.com>.